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Ridley's Believe It Or
Not--January 22, 2014: Since all good things come in threes, here are
three holidays to celebrate today:
1.
No Name Calling Week--As we await with baited breath the State of the Union
Address imagine how much we might accomplish if the Gang of 536 observed
this holiday, not just today, not just for a week, not just for a month, not just for a year, but during each member's term of office, however long or short it might be.
2. Reunion Day--not for all alums wondering why do this in the dead of
winter but for my Ukrainian friends living in the shadow of the Putin
Bear--shchaslyve
vozz'yednannya!
3. Answer Your Cat's Questions Day--can only wonder if we are being prepared for a grandson
of Socks in 2016 and a squel to Dear Socks, Dear Buddy, Letters to the
White House Pets as a campaign fund raiser for Hillary
Clinton.
On this day in:
a. 1973 the Supreme Court in one of its most far reaching important
social rulings handed down its decision, Roe v. Wade., observed
today in two competing holidays Roe v
Wade Day and Right to Life
Day.
b. 1984 Apple introduced the MacIntosh with its iconic Super
Bowl XVIII television ad--"1984".
c.
1990 Robert Morris was convicted of releasing the internet computer worm--
"Morris Worm", receiving a very light tap on the wrist--three
years probation, 400 hours of community service (hopefully not teaching computer
skills to the next generation of hackers who attacked Target) and a $10,000 fine.
Why David usually prevails
against Goliath: "Innovation has nothing to do with
how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was
spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's
about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." Steve Jobs, -- Fortune,
Nov. 9, 1998, What an amazing, creative indivual; one can only pray
creativity like his is not crushed by the Income Equality views of our
President and that Steve Jobs' time in puratory for the alt/ctrl/del
command was a short one.
As we appoach Super Bowl XLVIII, not who wins or loses,
but the quality not of the play but of the ads!--Go Apple!. Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join
136 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my
blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on
links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
for an original poem to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and an original in
poem honoring a 17 year young Progeria victim who died on the eve of
becoming an honorary captain for the Patriots (have tissues handy).
Just posted for your enjoyment on www.alaskanpoetcommentary.blogspot.com
poems on the Governor's statement that conservatives, pro-life, pro-2nd
Amendment, anti-gays do not belong in New York; Semper Grati for Semper
Fi--two Navy Crosses awarded to two Marines killed in green on blue
shooting in Afghanistan; Pennyslvania AG's office investigating
massiive cheating scandal at Philadelphia's public schools--not students
but their teachers and principals. Still in the works, a comment on the
Imperial Presidency's power grab and State of Union Address.
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